Nabanna building signage changes to saffron; part of maintenance, say officials

The signage atop West Bengal's state secretariat, Nabanna, has been repainted from its traditional blue and white to saffron. The change, which occurred on Monday, affects only the building's signage, not the main structure, which retains its original color scheme.

Officials described the repainting as part of ongoing maintenance and aesthetic upgrades to government facilities. They clarified that there has been no official directive to alter the color of the entire 14-story Nabanna building. The blue and white scheme had been associated with the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which previously governed the state.

This visual shift comes two months after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended the TMC's 15-year rule and assumed control of the state government in May. In early May, the Nabanna building was illuminated with saffron lights in anticipation of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's first administrative meeting under the new government.

The former chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, relocated the seat of government from Kolkata's Writers' Buildings to Nabanna in Howrah in October 2013. The building and its signage were subsequently painted in blue and white, colors often linked to the TMC.

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It is a part of maintenance and aesthetic work undertaken in some government establishments. There is no official notification on repainting the entire building.